The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-05-14
Notes by the Wayside.

All aoodIu, JUsI at Hoon last ouli-
day, was the cry of the st~age-driver,
and aboard we got for the metropolis
New (beria) Of Attakapas. The trip
from here there is much p%leasanter
now, since the roads have been put in
better condition than what they were
some time back, and the journey being
made in about a third less time. The
trip is well worth taking, at this season
of the year particularly, not only for a
change and to partly destroy the mon
otonies of routine life, but as well to
take a fair view of our beautiful coun-
Try when clothed in a robe OF green, and
the prairies covered with flowers OF
all hues.
The first thing that greets the eye OF
the traveller going from Abbeville, are
the beautiful mdulating prairies rolling
from you like tine waves Of the ocean.
All you see, however, is not prairie, tol
here and there you tilA groves an6
woodlands, young and vigorous, and
seem to be just IN their prime. These
prairies are admirably adapted to the
rearing of cattle, horses and mules, and
the more rolling lands peculiarly fitted
to the raising of sheep. The soil on
these prairies are unsurpassed in tertil-
ity and salubrity. They produce cot
ton, cane, corn and all kinds of cereals
grown in this section. The crops along
the road from Abbeyille to New Iberia
presented a good and healthy appear
ance, and the acreage ID cultivation
| this season, from what We learned, is
greater than any previous year. AL
indications point to good clops and a
bright future for this section of south
west Louisiana.
On reaching the town Of New Iberia
we found the Sunday law there as here,
in full force and effect, and with the
exception of the sound of an occasional
footstep, the place was as quiet and
still as a graveyard. Next morning,
however, the city presented quite a
different phase, the streets were crowded
with goers and corners, and every n
you met appeared to be in a great hur-
| ", whether on business or in search OF
such, We We're unable to conjecture.
Many Of the stores could be seen filled
with both ladies and gentlemen, leaving
the passer-by with the impression that
considerable trading just then was
going on. We called On our esteemed
confrere, j. B. Layton, Esq, who APP
peared busy at the time Specializing on
plat jobs and big advertisements. He
spoke encauragingly of bis business and
the future prospects of that place. We
regretted parting with him as soon as
we did. He has made the Enterprise
d popular and Influential paper, and
is always alive to the interests and
necessities Of that community.
The town OF New Iberia is fast as
suhling city shape and airs. Many fine
and large brick buildings are in course
of erection, and organizations of differ
erent kinds, to advance the interest
and future greatness,of that fourishing
city, are in successful working order.
Machine shops and factories Of different
kinds dot the city here and there, and
are in successful operation, giving labor
to hundreds of mechanics and laborers,
thus establishing q permanent and
lucrative local trade there that could
not otherwise exist. 1t is wonderful
how fast that town and surrounding
country T developing. The old, con-
sentative Acadian can not realize the
situation. He looks with amazement
at the changes wrought in so short a
time. He glances oyer a scope of coun-
try which, but a few years ago, was a
solitude. That portion Of our State
now boasts of untold wealth and thou
sand OF prosperous people, with its
school houses, churches, op%era-house,
railroads, steamboats,, and other ev.
licences of civilization and refinement,
and yet the good werk seems to have
just begun.
The Lake Charles Echo informs us
that CHARLTON, @ disease peculiar to
stock, has broken out WITH fatal effect
9nopr tho naoclo IF Iho+ n,rfion Of